San Miguel Beer vented its ire on the struggling NorthPort camp, eking out a 145-132 victory to bounce again from a earlier loss within the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup on Wednesday on the Mall of Asia Arena.
The Beermen, who had been recent off a loss to Converge final Saturday, improved to 6-1 to forge a tie with league-leading TNT whereas the Batang Pier fell to 0-6 to stay as the one winless crew within the tourney.
San Miguel led by as a lot as 18 factors late within the third interval with import Cameron Clark, CJ Perez, Marcio Lassiter, and June Mar Fajardo displaying the way in which, however NorthPort continued to knock on their door.
Arvin Tolentino accomplished a three-point play on the 4:38 mark of the fourth to tug NorthPort to inside 5, 127-122, however San Miguel at all times had a solution with Lassiter flattening a triple to cap off a 7-0 run for a 139-125 unfold.
Robert Bolick, who was struggling offensively all sport lengthy, buried a triple, 139-128, however Fajardo and Clark nailed back-to-back baskets to place the icing on the cake for the Beermen.
Clark poured in 44 factors alongside 9 rebounds, seven assists, and one steal whereas Fajardo churned out a double-double outing of 29 markers, 12 boards, one steal, and one block.
Perez chipped in 24 factors and 5 dimes whereas Lassiter completed with 16 markers on 4-of-5 from the rainbow nation to assist San Miguel regain its profitable methods following a 107-103 loss by the hands of the FiberXers.
—MGP, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com